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Why Friday the 13th Is Not an Unlucky Day

Friday the 13th is not an unlucky day--not when migratory monarchs make a pit stop at your home on...

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Posted on Friday, October 13, 2017 at 6:13 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Dossey (1), Friday the 13th (1), monarch butterflies (4), paraskevidekatriaphobia (1), tropical milkweed (7)

The Sneaky Cuckoo Bee

You could call it a slacker, a deadbeat, a moocher, a sponger, or a loafer. Or you could call it a...

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Posted on Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 2:07 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Anthophora urbana (1), Asclepias curassavica (3), cuckoo bee (1), digger bee (1), Robbin Thorp (1), tropical milkweed (7), Western Apicultural Society (2), Xeromelecta californica (1)

Top-Bar Beekeeping Advocate Les Crowder to Speak at WAS Conference at UC Davis

Are top-bar beekeeping hives for you? What are their advantages and disadvantages as compared to...

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Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 3:50 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bees (1), Eric Mussen (1), honey bees (1), Les Crowder (1), top-bar hives (1), tropical milkweed (7), Western Apicultural Society (2)

The Monarch Butterflies Arrive!

A little haggard, a little worn, a little ragged, a little torn. But there she was on Monday, Aug....

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Posted on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at 4:51 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Asclepias curassavica (3), Asclepias speciosa (1), Danaus plexippus (1), longhorn bees (1), monarch butterflies (4), showy milkweed (1), tropical milkweed (7)

Monarch Caterpillars--in November?

What a Thanksgiving surprise! No, the stuffed turkey didn't slip out of the oven and fall on the...

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Posted on Friday, November 25, 2016 at 5:28 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (2), larval monarch development (1), Louie Yang (1), milkweed (2), monarch caterpillars (1), tropical milkweed (7)

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